adjective

rēgālis

belonging to a king; kingly; royal

of or belonging to a king, kingly, royal, regal.

literal

a king poetic •••

Adj.: regalis corporis custodias agere, Naev. ap. Non. p. 323, 1: genus civitatis. Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 41; id. Leg. 3, 7, 15; cf.: res publica, id. Rep. 3, 35, 47: nomen, id. ib. 2, 30, 53 (shortly afterwards: nomen regis): imperium, id. ib. 1, 38, 60: sceptrum, Ov. M. 5, 422: domus, id. ib. 1, 171: praesidium, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 30: nomisma, id. ib. 2, 1, 234: virtus et sapientia, Cic. Rep. 2, 12, 24: quiddam praestans et regale, id. ib. 1, 45, 69; cf.: ut sapere, sic divinare regale ducebant, id. Div. 1, 40, 89: virgo, a king's daughter, Ov. A. A. 1, 697.—Poet.: comae, i. e. of Lavinia, Verg. A. 7, 75: carmen, treating of kings, Ov. P. 4, 16, 9: scriptum, id. Tr. 2, 553: situs pyramidum, Hor. C. 3, 30, 2: regalia fulmina, quorum vi tangitur vel comitium vel principalia urbis liberae loca, quorum significatio regnum civitati minatur, Caecin. ap. Sen. Q. N. 2, 49, 2.— Comp.: regum rex regalior, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 45. — Sup.: munus, quod regalissimum est, Jul. Val. Res Gest. Alex. 2, 30. —

Subst.: rēgāles, ĭum, m. as a noun

Subst.: rēgāles, ĭum, m.

Those belonging to a royal family; princes of the blood royal •

Those belonging to a royal family, princes of the blood royal, βασιλικοί: regales decem, Amm. 16, 12, 26; so Cod. Th. 7, 19; cf. Gramm. ap. Putsch. p. 2205.—

REGALIVM ORDO, an unexplained phrase in an inscr. at Formiae, Inscr. Orell.…

REGALIVM ORDO, an unexplained phrase in an inscr. at Formiae, Inscr. Orell. 3884.—

the residence of the king as a noun •

Subst.: rēgālĭa, ĭum, the residence of the king, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 9, 30; 11, 17.— Hence, trop.: animae regalia in capite, Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 8, 56.—

usual with kings; worthy of a king; regal by extension ••

Transf., usual with kings, worthy of a king, regal, splendid: ornatus, Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 69: sententia, id. Off. 1, 13, 38: luxus, Verg. A. 1, 637: cultus, Hor. C. 4, 9, 15: divitiae, id. Ep. 1, 12, 6: impendia, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 110: animus, Liv. 27, 19 et saep.—Hence, adv.: rēgā-lĭter, royally, regally; in a good sense, splendidly, magnificently: sacrificio regaliter Minervae confecto, Liv. 42, 51, 2: revocatus, Amm. 30, 1. 4. — Comp.: postea vero regalius initiabatur, Jul. Val. Res Gest. Alex. 1, 7.—

despotically; domineeringly •

In a bad sense, despotically, domineeringly: precibus minas regaliter addere, Ov. M. 2, 397: turgidus, Amm. 29, 1, 18.

Perseus ID: n40874 Key: regalis